The numbers you're about to see are big. Impressive, suggestive of a running back making NCAA Division II football his own playground.
But they could be bigger. Way bigger.
Nate Gunn is a 6-2, 220-pound running back for Minnesota State Mankato, which will play West Florida for the Division II championship Saturday in McKinney, Texas. The Mavericks are in the D-II title game for the second time in program history (2014 was the other), and they're seeking their first championship.
It will be the 40th game of Gunn's three-year career with the Mavericks, a team he found after a sour, one-season experience at Division I South Dakota.
Gunn, in just three seasons, already dominates the school's rushing records. He is tops in attempts (842), touchdowns (63) and yards (4,866) — with that last total being over a thousand more than Connor Thomas, who ran for 3,850 yards in a four-year career ending in 2015.
This year alone, for the 14-0 Mavericks, Gunn has run 241 times for 1,611 yards and 29 touchdowns, averaging 6.7 yards per rush.
"This is a tough, hard-nosed young man who plays with a chip on his shoulder," Mavericks coach Todd Hoffner said. "He plays with something to prove."
That chip can be traced to South Dakota, where Gunn first went after finishing high school at Minooka, Ill.